Mrs. Doubtfire

Mrs. Doubtfire is a 1993 American comedy-drama movie, based on the novel Madame Doubtfire. It stars Robin Williams as Daniel Hillard, a divorced actor who disguises himself as a nanny since he desperately wants to be with his children.

Release dates

Country	Premiere
Canada	24 November 1993
United States	24 November 1993
Australia	16 December 1993
Puerto Rico	23 December 1993
Kenya	24 December 1993
Brazil	25 December 1993
Argentina	6 January 1994
Panama	14 January 1994
South Korea	22 January 1994
Germany	27 January 1994
Hong Kong	27 January 1994
Austria	28 January 1994
United Kingdom	28 January 1994
Ireland	28 January 1994
Israel	28 January 1994
Iceland	28 January 1994
New Zealand	28 January 1994
Venezuela	2 February 1994
Switzerland	4 February 1994 (Italian speaking region)
Cyprus	4 February 1994
Spain	4 February 1994
Greece	4 February 1994
Poland	4 February 1994
Portugal	4 February 1994
Sweden	4 February 1994
Belgium	9 February 1994
France	9 February 1994
Hungary	10 February 1994
Taiwan	10 February 1994
Denmark	11 February 1994
Italy	11 February 1994
Ecuador	16 February 1994
Jamaica	16 February 1994
Finland	18 February 1994
Lebanon	18 February 1994
Turkey	18 February 1994
Indonesia	22 February 1994
Philippines	23 February 1994
Netherlands	24 February 1994
Latvia	25 February 1994
Mexico	25 February 1994
Czech Republic	3 March 1994
Peru	3 March 1994
Slovenia	3 March 1994
Slovakia	3 March 1994
Bulgaria	4 March 1994
Norway	4 March 1994
Thailand	5 March 1994
Chile	17 March 1994
Russia	18 March 1994
Uruguay	18 March 1994
Bolivia	24 March 1994
Romania	1 April 1994
Japan	16 April 1994
Croatia	28 April 1994
Estonia	13 May 1994
Singapore	19 May 1994
Paraguay	20 May 1994
Malaysia	25 May 1994
India	24 June 1994
Egypt	1 August 1994
Lithuania	21 October 1994

Plot

Daniel Hillard (Robin Williams) is a voice actor who quits his job over a smoking issue in a cartoon. Then, he throws his son Chris a birthday party, which is against his wife Miranda (Sally Field)'s wishes because Chris received bad grades on his report card. After a long argument, Miranda asks Daniel for a divorce.

Daniel has 90 days to get a job and a place to live. He later discovers that his wife wants a nanny. So, he makes several calls to his wife, using fake names and different accents, to be hired. Eventually, he gets the job.

Daniel Hillard goes to his gay brother Frank (Harvey Fierstein) and his partner Jack (Scott Capurro) to get a makeover. The makeover makes him look like a woman, which is exactly what Daniel had hoped for.

Miranda is later seen dating Stu Dunmeyer (Pierce Brosnan). Disguised as Mrs. Doubtfire, Daniel babysits his three children. When he, his family, and Stu go to Bridges Restaurant to celebrate Miranda's birthday, Daniel must switch in and out of costume repeatedly since he is also eating dinner with Jonathan Lundy (Robert Prosky). While drunk, Daniel ends up mixing up the two outfits. Later, when he saves Stu from choking (disguised as Mrs. Doubtfire), Daniel's face mask comes off, exposing him. Horrified and angered, Miranda immediately leaves with the children while Stu is confused, but thanks Daniel for saving him.

Afterwards, Miranda is awarded full custody of the children while Daniel can only see them with supervision. After realizing how easier it was having Mrs. Doubtfire around, Miranda calls the court and allows Daniel to pick up his children after school and unsupervised.

Cancelled sequel

In 2001, Bonnie Hunt began development on Mrs. Doubtfire 2, but Williams disapproved and claimed that the script was scrapped multiple times. On April 17, 2014, production on Mrs. Doubtfire 2 began. Williams' death in 2014, production on the sequel was cancelled. However, it is possible that Williams could have filmed scenes for the sequel when he was alive.

Other websites

• Mrs. Doubtfire on IMDb